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Maximalist fashion6/22/2023 It has been lurking in the form of avant-garde runway fashion for years. Some might argue that maximalism is not new. TikTokers like Clara Perlmutter and Sara Camposarcone have garnered thousands of views for their “out there,” and oftentimes controversial outfits. These influencers do things, like combine a striped turtleneck with an iridescent eighties prom dress and a knit balaclava all in one go, to invite the prospect of a brand new shift in fashion that is exciting for a few reasons. Most recently, social media has seen the rise of maximalism, also called the “aesthetic of excess,” which combines color, clashing prints, endless layers, and odd mixes of pieces from multiple eras all jumbled together to create eccentric ensembles that often attract judgement. Still, there have been many bigger changes that have shaped fashion history: pants for women, the introduction of the bikini, and the invention of the mini skirt and the micro mini, for example. Fashion has adopted a “stick to the stuff you know” attitude in terms of returning to the same iconic pieces over and over again. Are the 2010s and 2020s destined to be defined by skinny jeans and the second coming of the “twee” aesthetic from 2012? Perhaps not. Therefore, it seems like the more recent decades have had some trouble defining themselves and coming up with new ideas in terms of fashion. Even though it’s barely been twenty years and “vintage” is usually characterized by items that are at least 30 to 40 years old, y2k has swept the fashion world (again) with the reintroduction of low-waisted jeans, velour tracksuits, and platform sandals that pose the ever-present risk of breaking an ankle. More recently, the 90s and the 2000s have also already returned. It has become common to see today’s youth sporting bell bottom jeans, sweater vests, and go-go boots. Young people, for example, have embraced the seventies-not only in terms of the music, the cigarettes, and the mullets-but in terms of stylistic silhouettes as well. As evident in modern fashion trends, what once was in style usually comes back around within a few decades. Fashion is often predictable, or cyclical, in nature.
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